Marleen ter Avest

About Marleen ter Avest

Marleen ter Avest is a psychologist, trainer, and researcher in Amsterdam and online. She works with mindfulness- and compassion-based approaches and offers individual sessions and group training.

Services

Marleen offers sessions and training on mindfulness, compassion, personal development, and stress. She also provides workshops, lectures, and training for companies on request.

• Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living (MBCL)
• Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Problem Solving Therapy (PST)
• MBCT for Life (MBCT-L)
• Mindfulness and compassion training

Specialisations

Areas of focus include the inner critic, work-life balance, personal development, stress, and resilient relationships.

• Freeing yourself from the inner critic
• Healthy work-life balance
• Personal development
• Managing stress and preventing burnout
• Resilient and loving relationships

About Marleen

Marleen is an international psychologist and mindfulness and compassion trainer and supervisor. She earned her PhD in 2021 on the mechanisms of mindfulness and compassion in people with depression.

• PhD on the mechanisms of MBCT/MBCL in depression (2021)
• MS Clinical Psychology
• BS Clinical and Organizational Psychology
• BS Medicine

Practical information

An individual session lasts sixty minutes. Sessions are in Dutch or English; online meditations and training, as well as events in Amsterdam, are also on the calendar.

• 60-minute individual session
• Online monthly meditation
• Silent mindfulness day
• MBCL compassion training
• MBSR mindfulness training